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Definition of Parlor car
1. Noun. A passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs.
Generic synonyms: Carriage, Coach, Passenger Car
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parlor Car
Literary usage of Parlor car
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The story of the Pullman car by Joseph Husband (1917)
"Detroit, and in 1875 a new " reclining-chair car," the first parlor car to be
operated in the United States, was presented by Mr. Pullman to the public. ..."
2. Annual Report of the Attorney-general of the United States by United States Dept. of Justice, United States Attorney-General (1892)
"2 12.00 Meals, 25th to 31st b'.00 Transfer in Boston .50 Steamboat faro, Boston
to Now York, via Providence 5.00 parlor car, Boston to Providence .50 1 meal ..."
3. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Calvin A. Smith, Leander Garey, Matthias Nace Forney (1888)
"Such business in England is done by the railway companies themselves, and not by
separate corporations. Parliament-hinge. Fig. 786. See Hinge. parlor car. ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations: Whether with Or Without by Charles Fisk Beach (1891)
"(f) Sleeping and parlor car companies.— Sleeping and parlor cars, being usually
owned by corporations distinct from the railway companies over whose lines ..."
5. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1907)
"The identification checks and envelopes must be enclosed with ticket collections
to the ticket audito" parlor car tickets, issued for parlor car ..."
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